How to do a wine tourism tour tailored to you in Rioja: prices

It is clear that the wine tourism It is fashionable, and in recent years I have had the opportunity to do a lot of discovering wines in Spain and outside of Spain.

This has allowed me to discover wine regions as The Priorat in Catalonia or enjoy the delicious Ribera del Duero wines, but if there is a wine tourism destination really attractive, that's the one Rioja territory.

And I say territory because the wine area transcends the Community of La Rioja since it also extends through the Basque province of Álava, in the area known as Rioja Alavesa, for that of Burgos, and by Navarre.

How to make a tailor-made wine tourism trip to Rioja

But to do the best wine tourism trip to Rioja I have fulfilled the maxim that I like to follow in all my trips.

I mean to be accompanied by a good tour guide take me to the best places in the destination that I am going to visit, and discover the most interesting ones secrets and curiosities of the places I'm going to visit.

And for a wine tourism trip to Rioja, who better than my friend Maria Eugenia, a woman from Rioja who is now dedicated to organizing excursions around her land with her tourism company Rioja in Style.

Is private tours tailored to your tastes and preferences with a cultural approach that goes beyond visit wineries.

In this regard, it was important to be in tune with how we understand what a wine tourism trip, what is the most interesting, and with Maria Eugenia I had it.

In my opinion, the wine tourism not only does it mean dedicating all your time to taste wines, in a succession of visits to wineries.

It is also very important to delve into the wine culture, and also enjoy beautiful landscapes and discover the most interesting heritage corners.

In that case, a trip like the one I recently took with Maria Eugenia, which also understands wine tourism in this way, becomes the best experience for discover Rioja wine.

Of course the winery visit is the main axis of it, but above all focused on the most curious aspects of its History and culture, avoiding the most monotonous aspect of the production process common to all wineries.

WINE TOURISM TRIPS to RIOJA with RIOJA in STYLE

To organize your wine tourism trip to Rioja, you can contact directly Maria Eugenia through its website RIOJA in STYLE, who will propose you a custom route of your tastes and preferences.
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What to see and do on a wine tourism trip to Rioja

So, for example, in Lecea Wineries, riding a san asensio, we discover the origins of Rioja wine and we saw its 16th century fretwork, while in the Station neighborhood de Haro We learned about some of its most curious aspects.

Since as in Bodegas Muga They maintain the tradition of the cubero, in CVNE Wineries They preserve a nave with a roof designed by the studio of the famous architect Gustave Eiffel, or as in Stem, the youngest in the aforementioned neighborhood, have a warehouse bioclimatic of aging.

But as a contrast, it was also impressive to discover the large wine production and conservation warehouses in Campo Viejo WineryNear Logroño.

This winery is an example of how the most modern architectural designs They have been linked to the world of wine.

At trip through Rioja We could see other examples, such as the buildings of Ysios Wineries, Santiago Calatrava, riding a Laguardia, or that of the Marqués de Riscal Winery, Frank Gehry, riding a The blind.

On the opposite slope, on the route with Maria Eugenia The tradition of the winery neighborhoods, such as Rodezno, one of the almost one hundred neighborhoods of these characteristics in Rioja.

And this tradition of wineries in caves in Rioja has a great exponent in Laguardia, one of the most beautiful towns in Spain, where we discovered its curious configuration that its entire historic center is full of caves used as wineries.

The heritage corners They also occupy a preferential place in this wine tourism trip, with places in the aforementioned Laguardia like the spectacular portico of the church of Santa María.

Other historical places that you can visit if you wish on a route with Maria Eugenia is the town of Haro o Santo Domingo de la Calzada, with its cathedral.

You also have the possibility of visiting other beautiful towns such as Ezcaray, with the half-timbered houses of its historic center.

And finally with Maria Eugenia We also had the opportunity to go to places where we could enjoy the most beautiful landscapes, with some viewpoint where the vineyards are lost from sight, as is the case San Vicente de Sonsierra.

While private wine tourism tours organized Maria Eugenia they are all tailored to your tastes and needs, on their website you can see some indicative examples for one or two days, although there are also options for a trip of more days.

Enjoy it!